Hi,i'm Steven from Edinburgh<br><br>Got my MX3 last June, and have been looking for other UK owners to chat to (obviously i didn't try very hard!) as i'm only...
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jeffdsanderson_uk
jeffdsanders...
Feb 3, 2002 8:41 am
Hi & welcolm. I personally have had no truck with rear shocks but I hope someone (Ian?) may get back to you.<br>On a personal note, do you know Mark Wallace...
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ianlinden_uk
Feb 3, 2002 10:46 am
Hi Steven. Welcome from me too. If your rear shocks are leaking a little, but you are not experiencing any poor roadholding, they will probably be ok till the...
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jeffdsanderson_uk
jeffdsanders...
Feb 7, 2002 7:15 pm
I'm really sorry but I'm changing car!<br>I'm getting a Toyota celica 2.0 GT! (40 more horses is significant) but mainly because I got 3500 for a very sick ...
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ianlinden_uk
Feb 7, 2002 8:46 pm
Jeff,<br>Sorry to hear you're parting with your Maz. I considered a Celica GT before settling on the MX-3, so I can understand the attraction. Is it the turbo...
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jeffdsanderson_uk
jeffdsanders...
Feb 10, 2002 10:04 am
Hi & thanks. <br>Non turbo N plate 6800(-3500 for MX3) More horses, more MPG cheaper insurance but a bit 'staid' (I'm 50+ you know!).<br> Founders can change...
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ianlinden_uk
Feb 20, 2002 11:57 am
I've fitted my modified gear lever, and I'm delighted with it. Front to back movement is vastly reduced, left to right less so, but the effort is obviously a...
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jeffdsanderson_uk
jeffdsanders...
Feb 20, 2002 7:15 pm
That looks neat Ian. Individuality! That Celica club is boring as is the car. The 2.0 GT Celica certainly has 'grunt' but the MX3 is a more satisfying vehicle...
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ianlinden_uk
Feb 20, 2002 8:09 pm
Ooh! Never thought of that. I've had a go, but I'll have to do a better one when I've shaken the flu off.<br><br>The Celica I tried was a 4WD turbo belonging...
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sparky_uk75
Feb 21, 2002 1:19 am
Hi all, Im a new owner of a MX-3 import, badged as a presso eunos V6.<br>I would like to know some information on bodystyling, where i can get parts in the ...
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ianlinden_uk
Feb 21, 2002 10:53 am
Hi Mark,<br><br>Welcome to the club! Can't help re bodystyling , except to point to MX-3.com, which has links to just about everything MX-3wise in N ...
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jeffdsanderson_uk
jeffdsanders...
Feb 24, 2002 8:37 am
You did it!...
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barb_grosvenor
Mar 2, 2002 5:53 pm
Took my Maz for its service to my nearest Mazda dealer, which is approx 8 miles away. As I had to take it in the night before, I had a courtesy car. I couldn't...
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ianlinden_uk
Mar 20, 2002 11:31 pm
Hi Mark, Welcome to the Group. We haven't been very active lately. Maybe you can get us going again. Feel free to post queries, views or anything to stir...
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jeffdsanderson_uk
jeffdsanders...
Mar 22, 2002 8:07 pm
What a quiet time you ARE having. Not as quiet as that damn Celica club though! I am actually sorry I changed. Nowt but bother this new motor. MX3s for ever!...
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jeffdsanderson_uk
jeffdsanders...
Mar 22, 2002 8:14 pm
Sort that out Ian!!...
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ianlinden_uk
Mar 22, 2002 8:16 pm
Hm, sorry Jeff, don't think so. I'm really chuffed with the Maz, now that I fixed the gearshift and loud pedal. And I can walk all around it in the garage -...
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ianlinden_uk
Mar 22, 2002 9:18 pm
Ugh! Thanks for the tip!...
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ianlinden_uk
Mar 27, 2002 1:16 am
A few days ago, with the door open, I happened to look in the gap below the "doorpost";, behind the front wheel well. If this sounds mysterious, look in the...
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jeffdsanderson_uk
jeffdsanders...
Mar 29, 2002 10:08 am
... Well done!! you sorted that. I don't think much of the new Yahoo format we are forced to accept!! It was much easier before. Never mind Yahoo rules. KO. ...
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sparky_uk75
Apr 25, 2002 11:05 pm
Hi all, just for your info, theres a group buy on the original sill sideskirt kits for the MX-3 on the www.mx-3.com bulletin board, priced at $150.00 the...
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g7uaa
May 7, 2002 5:48 pm
Hi all, This is my first post on the site. I have had my MX3 for about 2 months now. I started to find the boot is very heavy to lift up. Has any one else had...
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jeffdsanderson_uk
jeffdsanders...
May 7, 2002 6:22 pm
Hi Mark & welcome, I hope some new blood will kickstart this club again. The hatch balance should be controled by the hydraulic dampers and a finger light...
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cherbe01
May 9, 2002 10:22 am
Hi all, Just returned from a 600km round trip with my car. For some of the trip the car was travelling at 120/130kmh (5th gear @ 4000RPM) for about 20mins at a...
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jeffdsanderson_uk
jeffdsanders...
May 14, 2002 7:10 pm
Ian! we just lost keithwyatt. who was he?...
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ianlinden_uk
May 14, 2002 7:47 pm
... I don't recognise the name - perhaps he joined before I did. I just did a 200 mile trip today without motorways - I was surprised how well the Maz...
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cherbe01
May 15, 2002 8:01 am
Hey Ian, Just on the tyres subject ; I had a set of Yokohama (spelling?) 17-40- 215's they were gone in 10 months!! I can't remember the compound, great grip...
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blackfrothyguinness
blackfrothyg...
Jul 2, 2002 1:24 pm
Hi all (hmm no posts since May) I hope im not talking to myself!! Where is a good place to buy aftermarket parts ie exhaust Cheers...
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ianlinden_uk
Jul 2, 2002 6:30 pm
It depends what you want. I wanted a stainless steel system, and got it (with fitting) from http://www.racecar.co.uk/quicksilver/. They took a long time to...
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blackfrothyguinness
blackfrothyg...
Jul 2, 2002 6:54 pm
Thanks for replying My exhaust (backbox) is starting to blow and usually in the past, for my previous cars, i usually just troop to the nearest Kwik-Fit to get...
